Pregnancy increases myometrial artery myogenic tone via NOS- or COX-independent mechanisms

American Journal of Physiology - Regulatory Integrative and Comparative Physiology

Volumn 303, Issue 4, 2012, Pages

  Eckman, Delrae M ^a   Gupta, Ridhima ^a   Rosenfeld, Charles R ^b   Morgan, Timothy M ^a   Charles, Shelton M ^a   Mertz, Heather ^a   Moore, Lorna G ^a,c  

^a WAKE FOREST SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fetal growth restriction; Human myometrium; Preeclampsia; Pressure induced constriction; Uteroplacental blood flow

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; INDOMETACIN; MYOGENIC FACTOR; N(G) NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PROSTAGLANDIN SYNTHASE;

ADULT; ARTERY CONSTRICTION; ARTERY DIAMETER; ARTICLE; CESAREAN SECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME INHIBITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MEMBRANE DEPOLARIZATION; MUSCLE TONE; MYOMETRIUM; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE ARTERY;

ADULT; ARTERIES; CYCLOOXYGENASE INHIBITORS; ENDOTHELIUM, VASCULAR; ENZYME INHIBITORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDOMETHACIN; MIDDLE AGED; MYOMETRIUM; NG-NITROARGININE METHYL ESTER; NITRIC OXIDE SYNTHASE; PREGNANCY; PROSTAGLANDIN-ENDOPEROXIDE SYNTHASES; VASOCONSTRICTION; VASODILATION;

EID: 84865120391     PISSN: 03636119     EISSN: 15221490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/ajpregu.00490.2011     Document Type: Article

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